In the current context of rising populism, racism, intolerance and scepticism among European Union (EU) citizens, coupled with a decreasing level of electoral participation rates in several Member States, the European Commission has the clear mandate to reinforce EU citizens' commitment to...

The R&I Observatory country report 2017 provides a brief analysis of the R&I system covering the economic context, main actors, funding trends & human resources, policies to address R&I challenges, and R&I in national and regional smart specialisation strategies. Data are from Eurostat, unless...

This report aims at summarizing the on-going research activity carried out by DG-JRC in the framework of the institutional project Authors and Victims Identification of Child Abuse on-line, concerning the use of microphone fingerprinting for source device classification. Starting from an...

The Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, together with the European Standardisation Organisations CEN and CENELEC, and the European Commission Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) have launched an...

This report describes the implementation of the Dispa-SET model version 2.2. It extensively describes the model equations, the model inputs, and the resolution process. This version of Dispa-SET focuses more specifically on the inclusion of the heating sector, with a new dedicated module. It...

The INFORM Risk Index is a way to understand and measure the risk of humanitarian crises and disasters, and how the conditions that lead to them affect sustainable development. INFORM partners and other organisations continue to use INFORM products to support their prioritisation and...

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) invites you to discover how it places science at the heart of European policymaking. For about 60 years now, the JRC has been acting as a science provider and knowledge broker. It contributes to ensuring that policymakers have the best available evidence when...

In 2015, the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) started the development of the European guidelines for breast cancer screening and diagnosis (henceforth the European Breast Guidelines) under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and...

The method to assess the 'ease of disassembly' of products (eDIM) was developed in prior research and published as a JRC technical report in 2016 (Vanegas et al., 2016) and as a scientific paper in 2017 (Vanegas et al., 2017). eDIM was developed to evaluate the ability or ease with which...

The method to assess the 'ease of disassembly' of products (eDIM) was developed in prior research and published as a JRC technical report in 2016 (Vanegas et al., 2016) and as a scientific paper in 2017 (Vanegas et al., 2017). eDIM was developed to evaluate the ability or ease with which...